Black light puppet

The black light puppet is a form of puppetry where the puppets are operated on a stage lit only with ultraviolet lighting,which both hides the puppeteer and accentuates the colours of the puppet.The puppeteers perform dressed in black against a black background,with the background and costume normally made of black velvet.The puppeteers manipulate the puppets under the light,while they position themselves unseen against the black unlit background.Controlling what the audience sees is a major responsibility of any puppeteer,and blacklight lighting provides a new way of accomplishing this.Puppets of all sizes and types are able to be used,and glow in a powerful and magical way.The original concept of this form of puppetry can be traced to Bunraku puppetry.